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GlenAllachie 15 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
February 20, 2021 (edited May 15, 2021)
My second Glenallachie, this time the older brother, the 15yo. (Previously ihad and loved the 12yo one). This one is matured in a combination of Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Casks.
Bottled at 46%abv, a nice chesnut color.
On the nose, it is one of the most fruity drams i have ever perceived. Old orange peel, Dark dry cake; various citrus, green apples and grapefruit. So fruity, so piercing, various fruit pulps and peels. Agave. Dates and raisins. Its like nosing a fresh fruit salad. Lime. After the first sip it revealed lemon, Yeast, Vanilla cake and Cookie dough. It smells like... speyside. The fields of speyside. It took me back there, ¡¡oh the memories!!
On the palate it is super easy drinkable and incredibly smooth. Dark cake, Apples and Sider. Pepper grows after 5 seconds, but very mild. You can hold it easily forever in your palate. The second sip gave me lots of vanilla and Cookie dough. Super gentle. The third sip was all about the fanciest toffee note ever.
Aftertaste is fancy and incredible. A little puff of Smoke, Hay. Beautiful spiciness; There is some mouth numbing, dry, after a copule seconds. Sweet and smokey, Vanilla and ashes. Lovely.
Overall i truly believe this is a smoother dram than the outstanding 12yo. This one is way fruitier and fresh, while the other one was darker and the sherry influence was better. I can see why this whisky will be preferred over the 12yo, but not in my case. For me, it was very nice, but way too "Speysider". My score for it is a well deserved (and maybe a little harsh) 89 over 100. Good whisky.
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Ive been looking at this line of scotch for a while now. Thanks for review, think Im going to purchase 12yr